112 Gr. King —Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula . [No. 1, 
G. lanceolata. 
G. joenangiana. 
4. G. nyssifolia. 
5. G. Maingayi. 
G. gracilis. 
G. andamanica. 
Filaments with a few white hairs on the 
posterior surface. 
Cymes axillary or terminal ... 2. 
Cymes extra-axillary or leaf-opposed ... 3. 
Flowers 5-merous. 
Filaments hairy near the apex. 
Cymes on stout short peduncles, ovary 
hairy, fruit *8 in. long ... 
Cymes on slender peduncles, ovary 
glabrous 
Pedicels of cymes less than half 
the length of the leaves; fruit 
*25 to '5 in. long 
Pedicels of cymes half as long as 
the leaves; fruit '65 in. long, im¬ 
perfectly 2-celled ... ... 6. 
Filaments quite glabrous ... ... 7. 
1. G-omphandra comosa, King, n. sp. A glabrous tree or shrub, 
young branches cinereous. Leaves thinly coriaceous, oblong to elliptic- 
oblong, shortly acuminate, much narrowed at the base ; main nerves 
6 to 8 pairs, sub-ascending, faint; length 3*5 to 6 in., breadth 1*5 to 
2 in., petiole *35 to '6 in. Cymes on slender pedicels about as long as 
the petioles, umbellulate ; cymules 3 to 5, each with 2 to 3 flowers. 
Flowers sessile, *2 in. long, the buds obovate-globose. Calyx shallow, the 
edge wavy and obscurely 4- or 5-toothed. Petals 4, four or five times 
longer than the calyx, broadly oblong, obtuse, with an indexed sub-apical 
point, glabrous. Connective and upper part of filament densely cov¬ 
ered with long, white, glandular-pointed hairs. Ovary short, ovoid, conic, 
immersed in the fleshy annular disk, style short. Fruit narrowly 
ellipsoid, glabrous, vertically grooved, 1 in. long, and *4 in. in diam., 
epicarp thin, endocarp cartilaginous, one-celled, 1-seeded. 
S. Andaman; King’s Collector’s.— Distrib. Java. 
The hairs on the filaments are white and very numerous, and they 
have conspicuous glandular apices. The ovary above described is that 
found in flowers bearing perfect anthers. It is probable that it aborts, 
and that fertile ovaries are confined to flowers (as yet undiscovered) in 
which the stamens are imperfect. 
2. Gomphandra lanceolata, King. A shrub 5 or 6 feet high; 
young branches thin, puberulous. Leaves sub-coriaceous, lanceolate or 
oblong-lanceolate, sometimes very narrow, acuminate, the base cuneate ; 
upper surface glabrous, the lower sparsely puberulous; main nerves 
about 5 pairs, spreading; the tips ascending, faint; length 2 to 6 in., 
